Psalm 30:title–32:11
The Blessedness of Answered Prayer
A Psalm. A Song aAt the Dedication of the House of David.
1 I will extol You, O Lord, for You have blifted me up,
And have not let my foes crejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God, I cried out to You,
And You dhealed me.
3 O Lord, eYou brought my soul up from the grave;
You have kept me alive, 1that I should not go down to the pit.
4 fSing praise to the Lord, you saints of His,
And give thanks at the remembrance of 2His holy name.
5 For gHis anger is but for a moment,
hHis favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a night,
But 3joy comes in the morning.
6 Now in my prosperity I said,
“I shall never be 4moved.”
7 Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong;
iYou hid Your face, and I was troubled.
And to the Lord I made supplication:
9 “What profit is there in my blood,
When I go down to the pit?
jWill the dust praise You?
Will it declare Your truth?
10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me;
Lord, be my helper!”
11 kYou have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have put off 5my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
12 To the end that my 6glory may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
The Lord A Fortress in Adversity
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 In aYou, O Lord, I 1put my trust; Let me never be ashamed;
Deliver me in Your righteousness.
2 bBow down Your ear to me,
Deliver me speedily;
Be my rock of 2refuge,
A 3fortress of defense to save me.
3 cFor You are my rock and my fortress;
Therefore, dfor Your name’s sake,
Lead me and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.
5 eInto Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have redeemed me, O Lord God of ftruth.
6 I have hated those gwho regard useless idols;
But I trust in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy,
For You have considered my trouble;
You have hknown my soul in 4adversities,
8 And have not ishut 5me up into the hand of the enemy;
jYou have set my feet in a wide place.
9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
kMy eye wastes away with grief,
Yes, my soul and my 6body!
10 For my life is spent with grief,
And my years with sighing;
My strength fails because of my iniquity,
And my bones waste away.
11 lI am a 7reproach among all my enemies,
But mespecially among my neighbors,
And am repulsive to my acquaintances;
nThose who see me outside flee from me.
12 oI am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a 8broken vessel.
13 pFor I hear the slander of many;
qFear is on every side;
While they rtake counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.
14 But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
15 My times are in Your shand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,
And from those who persecute me.
16 tMake Your face shine upon Your servant;
Save me for Your mercies’ sake.
17 uDo not let me be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon You;
Let the wicked be ashamed;
vLet them be silent in the grave.
18 wLet the lying lips be put to silence,
Which xspeak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 yOh, how great is Your goodness,
Which You have laid up for those who fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who trust in You
In the presence of the sons of men!
20 zYou shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence
From the plots of man;
aYou shall keep them secretly in a 9pavilion
From the strife of tongues.
For bHe has shown me His marvelous kindness in a 1strong city!
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried out to You.
23 Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints!
For the Lord preserves the faithful,
And fully repays the proud person.
24 cBe of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart,
All you who hope in the Lord.
A Psalm of David. A 1Contemplation.
1 Blessed is he whose atransgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord bdoes not 2impute iniquity,
And cin whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
4 For day and night Your dhand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer.
Selah
5 I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
eI said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Selah
6 fFor this cause everyone who is godly shall gpray to You
In a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters
They shall not come near him.
7 hYou are my hiding place;
You shall preserve me from trouble;
You shall surround me with isongs of deliverance.
Selah
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.
9 Do not be like the jhorse or like the mule,
Which have no understanding,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near you.
10 kMany sorrows shall be to the wicked;
But lhe who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.
11 mBe glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous;
And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!